When I started on this path of self-remembrance,
I was seduced into thinking that there would be less pain
and that my life would be abundant with health,
prosperity and happiness.
This is just imagination.
Life simply is… with its suffering and beauty.
Staying open and in gratitude when life seems monotonous,
painful or dark, is where the greatest spiritual leaps take place.
Our system of teaching reminds us that
we are in the world but not of it.
The goal is not to discard our human-ness.
There is nothing wrong with enjoying earthly pleasures
from food to sex, money or relationships.
We just need to be fully conscious in the appreciation of them...
remembering our souls and holding all aspects of life as sacred.
There is less drive to accumulate and our lives,
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